Tag: lies
+ childhood, coming-of-age, dementia, family, grief, lies, loss, psychologist, secrets
Surviving Him by Jo Johnson
When Daisy reaches eighteen, she enters a highly selective club. In this club, you get a test that decides if you live or die. To the casual observer Daisy is a vile bully with a drug habit. She’s been expelled from school and frightens her family. Realising the disease that devoured her father is after her, Daisy has given up. Her one remaining cheerleader … Read More Surviving Him by Jo Johnson
+ alcoholism, crime fiction, dark humour, family, fiction, friendship, lies, marriage, mental health, motherhood, murder, narcissist, obsession, police drama, Psychological fiction, psychologist, psychopath, relationships, review, therapy, thriller
The Rich by Rachel Lynch
Dr Alex is a psychologist to the Cambridge elite, keeper of their dirtiest little secrets. Carrie lives in a pristine mansion and tells no one what she had to do to get there.Henry has a dangerous predilection for the wives of the men he works for.Grace hides a dark secret behind the yoga-perfect image she projects to her online fans.Tony has enough money and … Read More The Rich by Rachel Lynch
+ cosy mystery, crime fiction, Detective novel, female friendship, fiction, friendship, Historical fiction, Italy, lies, love, marriage, murder, mystery, novella, review, secrets
Meet Me In Milan by KD Sherrinford
While her husband, Sherlock Holmes, is off playing detective in London. Irene Adler finds herself having to play investigator when her friend Renata becomes the prime suspect in the attempted murder of her husband Luigi Amato. How can she refute the testimony of a credible eyewitness, even though her heart tells her that Renata is innocent? What she needs is tangible evidence, and she’s … Read More Meet Me In Milan by KD Sherrinford
+ Christmas, crime fiction, fiction, friends, friendship, lies, locked room mystery, murder, murder mystery, obsession, revenge, review, Scotland, Scottish Highlands, secrets, thriller, twins, University
The Twelve Days of Murder by Andreina Cordani
Twelve years ago, eight friends ran an exclusive group at university: The Masquerade Murder Society. The mysteries they solved may have been grisly, but they were always fictional – until their final Christmas Masquerade, when one of the group disappeared, never to be seen again. Twelve years later, the remaining members of the group receive an invitation to a reunion masquerade, to be held in a beautiful and … Read More The Twelve Days of Murder by Andreina Cordani
+ child abduction, crime fiction, Detective novel, fiction, lies, loss, marriage, murder, obsession, police drama, police procedural, review, secrets, serial killer, sisters, twins
The Murder Trail by DG Penny DC Izzy Wilde Crime Thriller #1
Can a rookie cop stop a serial killer before another life is lost? Three months after moving out of uniform, DC Izzy Wilde wants to make an impression. But sometimes she can’t help going off track. It’s got her in trouble before. As first responder to a monstrous death at a remote farm, she discovers a slain wife whose eight-month-old daughter is missing. And … Read More The Murder Trail by DG Penny DC Izzy Wilde Crime Thriller #1
+ crime fiction, family, fiction, grief, lies, loss, love, marriage, mental health, motherhood, murder, obsession, postpartum psychosis, relationships, review, thriller
The Babysitter by Emma Curtis
Three women. Three secrets.Claudia’s life imploded ten years ago when she was convicted of the murder of her child. Now she has done the unthinkable and confessed to manslaughter in order to be granted parole – her only hope of finding out what really happened to Tilly. Sara is married to Joe, Claudia’s ex-husband, and they have a young child together. She finally has … Read More The Babysitter by Emma Curtis
+ abuse, child abuse, childhood, family, fiction, forgiveness, friendship, grief, lies, loss, love, mental health, motherhood, obsession, revenge, review, secrets
So Now Go Tell by Susan Sachon
After reaching a crisis point at 40, Jenny Watson is offered her dream job running a Shakespeare festival at a Tudor pub. She can hardly believe her luck at this brilliant new start, and chance to escape her unhappy past. The job isn’t all it seems, however. The pub is remote and her mysterious boss is permanently absent; there’s a 400 year old skull … Read More So Now Go Tell by Susan Sachon
+ art, childhood, family, female friendship, fiction, folklore, friendship, Greece, Historical fiction, lies, literature, London, loss, love, museum, revenge, review, superstition
The Figurine by Victoria Hislop
In her irresistible new novel, Sunday Times No 1 bestselling author Victoria Hislop shines a light on the questionable acquisition of cultural treasures and the price people – and countries – will pay to cling on to them. Of all the ancient art that captures the imagination, none is more appealing than the Cycladic figurine. An air of mystery swirls around these statuettes from … Read More The Figurine by Victoria Hislop
+ abuse, bullying, child abuse, childhood, depression, domestic noir, family, fiction, friendship, lies, love, marriage, mental health, mental illness, motherhood, psychiatric hospital, relationships, review, schizophrenia, sisters
Geraniums by Marlene Hauser
The second book by professional writer and producer, Marlene Hauser, is inspired by many women and men who have overcome challenging childhoods to become contributing and outstanding adults. Lily Preston, clever beyond her years, is only four when she realises her family is headed for disaster. While she, older sister Mags and younger brother Artie are dragged around America and the world during the … Read More Geraniums by Marlene Hauser
+ abuse, child abuse, childhood, family, fiction, grief, lies, loss, love, marriage, motherhood, nineties, review, secrets, sisters
The Short Straw by Holly Seddon
Three sisters find themselves lost in a storm at night, and seek safety at Moirthwaite Manor, where their mother once worked. #TheShortStraw @hollyseddon @Tr4cyF3nt0n #CompulsiveReaders #blogtour They are shocked to find the isolated mansion that loomed so large through their troubled childhoods has long been abandoned. Drawing straws to decide who should get help, one sister heads back into the darkness. With the siblings separated, the … Read More The Short Straw by Holly Seddon
The Crash by Robert Preston
As the world falls apart, a deadly conspiracy comes together . . . London, 2007. It’s summer in the the economy is booming, profits are up and the stock market sits near record highs. But journalist Gil Peck is a lone voice worrying it can’t last. Deep in the plumbing of the financial system, he has noticed strange things happening which could threaten the … Read More The Crash by Robert Preston
+ child abduction, childhood, crime fiction, family, fiction, grief, kidnapping, lies, loss, love, marriage, mental health, motherhood, murder, obsession, revenge, review, secrets, thriller
Missing by KL Slater
I’ve known him all my life. I know he has taken my daughter. His mother says she can help me. But she’s the last person I can trust… Samuel lived next door when we were children. We were inseparable. But he didn’t like sharing me with my adored little brother. And one terrible night, he got rid of my brother forever… Now, years later, … Read More Missing by KL Slater
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